Heroines That Every Child Should Know: Tales for Young People of the World's Heroines of All AgesHamilton Wright Mabie, Kate Stephens The Floating Press, 2016 M10 1 - 285 pages From the stirring self-sacrifice of ancient Greek princess Alcestis to the battlefield heroics and later professional achievements of British nurse Florence Nightingale, this volume of biographical sketches geared toward younger readers showcases the accomplishments, virtues, and courageous feats of women throughout history. |
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... : "'Tis enough that I die in thy stead." And when she had thus spoken she gave up the ghost. Then the King said to the old men that were gathered together to comfort him: "I will see to this burial. And do ye sing 13.
... : "'Tis enough that I die in thy stead." And when she had thus spoken she gave up the ghost. Then the King said to the old men that were gathered together to comfort him: "I will see to this burial. And do ye sing 13.
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... gave me entertainment?" "Yea, for he would not, for shame, turn thee from his house." "O miserable man, what a helpmeet thou hast lost!" "Ay, and we are all lost with her." "Well I knew it; for I saw the tears in his eyes, and his head ...
... gave me entertainment?" "Yea, for he would not, for shame, turn thee from his house." "O miserable man, what a helpmeet thou hast lost!" "Ay, and we are all lost with her." "Well I knew it; for I saw the tears in his eyes, and his head ...
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... gave him a wound in the breast. He brake his spear in striking, and would have fared ill but that with a great stone he smote the spear of Polynices, and brake this also in the middle. And now were the two equal, for each had lost his ...
... gave him a wound in the breast. He brake his spear in striking, and would have fared ill but that with a great stone he smote the spear of Polynices, and brake this also in the middle. And now were the two equal, for each had lost his ...
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... gave many an alm. Paula fascinated by the desert, would stay there and found a convent. But Jerome prevailed upon her to turn toward Jerusalem. Thus they came to green Bethlehem, and the calm sweetness of the place and its pleasant ...
... gave many an alm. Paula fascinated by the desert, would stay there and found a convent. But Jerome prevailed upon her to turn toward Jerusalem. Thus they came to green Bethlehem, and the calm sweetness of the place and its pleasant ...
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Contents
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V Joan of Arc | 66 |
VI Catherine Douglas | 110 |
VII Lady Jane Grey | 141 |
VIII Pocahontas | 155 |
IX Flora Macdonald | 183 |
X Madame Roland | 197 |
XI Grace Darling | 234 |
XII Sister Dora | 245 |
XIII Florence Nightingale | 268 |
Endnotes | 284 |
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